I Met Howard Zinn Last Night

Well, actually I bumped into him. I was attending a play/activism performance in SOHO. I walked into the lobby and right in front of me was HZ. I shook his hand and told him that he was a great inspiration and how I had just watched his documentary the day before. He asked where did I see it. I told him I rented it to which he seemed disappointed. Maybe not a Netflix fan? Anyways, just thought I would share reason number 4,232,118 why I love living in NYC. For those interested, he was there as a special guest for a play he wrote called Rebel Causes that was performed right before the play I was at. He will be back on December 9th for a benefit.

"The leads are weak!"

"The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"

yeah, cool story. Howard Zinn is great. i'm jealous. the biggest "celebrity" i've met is Morgan Spurlock-the dude from supersize me. he was in my hometown filming for his show 30 days. he's a really cool guy in person. just out of curiosity, what is the documentary on Zinn? i haven't heard of it but would love to watch it?

yeah, cool story. Howard Zinn is great. i'm jealous. the biggest "celebrity" i've met is Morgan Spurlock-the dude from supersize me. he was in my hometown filming for his show 30 days. he's a really cool guy in person. just out of curiosity, what is the documentary on Zinn? i haven't heard of it but would love to watch it?

yeah, cool story. Howard Zinn is great. i'm jealous. the biggest "celebrity" i've met is Morgan Spurlock-the dude from supersize me. he was in my hometown filming for his show 30 days. he's a really cool guy in person. just out of curiosity, what is the documentary on Zinn? i haven't heard of it but would love to watch it?

it's called you can't be neutral on a moving train. here's the imdb entry:

Well, actually I bumped into him. I was attending a play/activism performance in SOHO. I walked into the lobby and right in front of me was HZ. I shook his hand and told him that he was a great inspiration and how I had just watched his documentary the day before. He asked where did I see it. I told him I rented it to which he seemed disappointed. Maybe not a Netflix fan? Anyways, just thought I would share reason number 4,232,118 why I love living in NYC. For those interested, he was there as a special guest for a play he wrote called Rebel Causes that was performed right before the play I was at. He will be back on December 9th for a benefit.

mookie, that is awesome!
He is such an inspiring man.

Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away

Well, actually I bumped into him. I was attending a play/activism performance in SOHO. I walked into the lobby and right in front of me was HZ. I shook his hand and told him that he was a great inspiration and how I had just watched his documentary the day before. He asked where did I see it. I told him I rented it to which he seemed disappointed. Maybe not a Netflix fan? Anyways, just thought I would share reason number 4,232,118 why I love living in NYC. For those interested, he was there as a special guest for a play he wrote called Rebel Causes that was performed right before the play I was at. He will be back on December 9th for a benefit.

someone would have to pull me away from the guy... i would pick his brain for as long as he let me

a truly amazing historian and author... we can all learn something from Mr. Zinn

A real hilight of my Pearl Jam travels was at Boston I 2004, eddie brought Howard out onto the stage to address the crowd as an intruduction to "Down"... i couldnt believe it, and will always remember his call to "End the war" while standing on stage with the boys. An very inspirational moment for me. I still listen to the boot and get a big smile